The Compton Foundation granted over $4.5 million in 2008, and $4.3 million in 2009. In the pages that follow, we highlight a selection of those grants to illustrate some of the Foundation's priorities and principal interests. A full list of the grants for 2008 - 2009 may be found in the Grants and Summary Comparison section of the website.

Please click on the following links to view the Foundation's highlights in Peace & Security, Population & Reproductive Health and Environment & Sustainability. The guidelines for these areas can be found in the Funding Priorities section.

In our Other Program Areas section we highlight grants made by the Family Advisory Board and in the cross-cutting field of Campaign Finance reform.